Agricultural Economics and Development

Agricultural Economics and Development

An Internal Model of Manufacturing Flexibility Dimensions in Food Industry Based on Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
,Y. Shamsi 1
H. Taghizadeh 2
S. Iranzadeh 3
1 PhD Student of the Department of management , tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tabriz - iran
2 Professor, Department of Management, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
3 Department of management , tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tabriz - iran
10.30490/aead.2021.334569.1167
Abstract
In the literature on flexibility, there is a consensus that manufacturing flexibility is a multidimensional concept with internal relations between its dimensions that can lead to increased manufacturing flexibility. The purpose of this study was to develop an internal model of manufacturing flexibility dimensions in the food industry based on interpretive structural modeling(ISM). This applied study was conducted in a descriptive modeling method. The model was developed using the reviews of 20 experts on manufacturing flexibility. The data were collected through a questionnaire for the interpretive structural modeling and the results were analyzed through the same modeling. The study findings showed that the developed internal model of manufacturing flexibility dimensions would help to understand the interaction between different dimensions affecting the flexibility and the consequences of their management. According to the results, process flexibility and labor flexibility were the most influential (leading) dimensions and product flexibility was the most influenced (dependent) dimension in the food industry. In addition, enhancing the efficiency of influencing factors might be suggested to improve the influenced factors and led to an increased flexibility in the food industries.
Keywords
Manufacturing Flexibility
Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM)
Food Industries
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